The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-05 00:00:00

- - POMMODORE NUTT & MINNIE WARREN, IL/ Brideman and Bridesmaid of GEN. TOM THUMB, At ST. JAMES'S HALL, Piccadilly, December 12, 1861. P.S.—See future advertisements. THE CATTLE SHOW.—The WELLINGTON, St. James's-street. - The WELLINGTON Three Shilling Linner, as well as Dinners from the "Carte," served as By order. JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington —lntrance, 160, Piccadilly. LIFEBOAT SERVICES. —During the storms of the past year the boats of the National Lifebsat Institution saved 417 persons from different wrecks on our coasts, The Institution also expended £13,819 . 4 8. 2d. in the same peri„d on lifeboat eEtab ishments, in addition to granting £1,?51 6s. td. as rewards for say ng 714 shipwrecked perions by its lifeboats, an other means The Committee of the institution earnest'y A ?PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 137 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by all the L n don and eountry bankers ; and by the Secretary ' Richard Lewis, at the Institution , 14, J o hn-s treet , Adelphi. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ARBANGE3IENTS FOR THE WEEK. The performance will commerce Every Evening during the 'Week with YOU KA OW WHO. THIS EVENING (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, LA SONNAMB JLA. To-morrow (Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, FAUST. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Opera at Eight. Box Office cpen from Ten till Five. Private Boxes, from 10s. ed. ; Stalls, is. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; First Circle, 4s. ; 2s. 61. ; Gallery, Is. No charge for booking places. No fees to box-keepers. In preparation, a Grand Christmas Pantomime. R OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) Second Night of the Bride of Song. - THIS EVENING (Monday), Dee. 5, will be performed, for the second time, the new opera, in one act, entitled THE BRIDE OF SONG. The music by Ju'es Benedict, the words by Henry Farnie. It a. ee, Miss Thirlwall ; Beatrix, Mdme. Fanny Huddait ; Adel' ert, Mr. Henry Haigh; and ELaini bal, Mr. Alberto Lawrence. Alter which, LA SONNAMBULA. Amina, Mdlle. L. ?.lartorelle ; Lisa, Miss F. Illinoworth ; Theresa, Mrs. A. Cook ; Cou..t Rodolpho, Mr. Weiss ; Alessio, Mr. A. Cook ; Notary, air. Melville ; and Elvino, Mr. Charles Adams Conductor, Mr Alfred Mellon, Commence at half-past 7 o'clock. Private boxes, from 10s. 6d, upwards ; stalls, 7s. ; dress circle, ss. ; upper boxes, 4s. ; amphitheatre stalls, Is. and 2s ; pit 2s. 6d. ; gallery, ls. No charge for booking places. The box-office is open from 10 till 5. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY- LANE.- Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, to commence with A YOUNG LAD FROM THE COIJN FRY. Messrs. G. Belmore, Fitzjames, and G. F. Neville; Misses Helen Howard, R. Leclercq, &c. After which, Shaksnere's Tragedy of M CBETIL Mr. F. Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, Bartleman, &e. ; Phelps ; Messrs. Creswick, R. ltoxby, G. Belmore, A. Rayner, Atissee Rebeccapsaacs, Emma Heywood, and Miss Atkinson. Doors open at ha f -past Six —Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, H AYMARKET.- Lessee. Mr. Bucketone. THIS EVENING, THE SUN A D D THE WIND. After which, SUNNY VALE FARM. Messrs. Howe, Farren, Clark, Braid, Coe, Weathersby. Mesdames Beatrice, Snowdon, Harris, Fitzwilliam, Coleman, &c. Followed by FRIEND WAGGLES, And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. To commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. 'Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy O'ltafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. Alter which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrester. 11. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne. n• OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, at 8, RUY BLAS. Messrs. Fechter, Ryder, Fitzpatrick, F. Charles. M'lntyre, Garden, Raymond, Collett, C Ilford, Moreland ; Misses Carlot a Le:lercq, H. Percy, and Mrs. Winstanley. Preceded, at 7, by MY WIFE'S OUT. Messrs. H. Widdi- Comb, F. Charles ; Misses H. Percy and E. " . ..avenue. To cone ude with NURSEY CHICKWEED. Mr. H. Widdicomb. Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7. The Box-office open daily from Elev,n till Five. NEW THEATRE-ROY AL, ADELPIII.- Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE WORKMEN OF PARIS. Mr. Benjamin Webster; Messrs. Phillirs, Stuart, J. Clarke, Stephenson, Eburne, C. J. Smith; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Woolgar (Mrs. A. Mellon), Miss 11. r.•imms. Mrs. Billington, Mrs. 11. Lewis, and Miss A. Seamen. To conclude with DOING BA NTING. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Stephenson ; Mrs. Lewis and Miss A. seaman. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINENT TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA. This Popular Theatre is now Open. THIS EVENING, a new Musical Drama, entitled THE BARONET A IiROAD AN :J THE EUSTIC PRIMA ONNA : Mr. Fl ank Matthe S ; Miss Constance Roden. Alter which, at a quarter to Eight, a new and original Comedy Drama, in three acts, by .1. Paigrave Siml,son. enti tled SYRILLA ; or, STEP BY STiti'. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews. To conclude with Mr. Maddison Morton's New Comedy Farce of WOOLY OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and 3lanageress. Mrs. Swanborough. TIII EVENING, WILFUL WARD. Messrs Parselle and Belford; Miss Palmer. Followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Atoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanbor ;ugh and Mandela. To conclude with MAZEPPA. Mesdames Raynham, impson, &c. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 2ss. per ton. I Double ..21s . per ton. Top 2.1 a• 99 Deep ...22 a• 91 Nell screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Lgent. MILE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Dan be had Every Evening of G. It. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening by W. ALEXAN DElt (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish-street, Oxford-street. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tais DA-Y.—Morning, 6h. 2m.—Afternoon, 6h. 30m. To-moir.Row.-Morning, 61. 56 IL—Afternoon, 7h. 21m. 11/47.1!kik.v,l,iraisItio-A it 414 LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 5, 1864. Mr LAYARD's remarks are always worth attend ing to, and however much ono may differ from his political tenets hid abilities and energy fully entitle him to consideration and regard. On the occasion of meeting his constituents the other evening he delivered an address that was earnest and eloquent. It need hardly be added that it was imbued with much of that party spirit that has marred the pros gross of the lion. member of late, and it abounded in prejudice; but still it is out of the common order, and as such goes far to redeem his party from the charge preferred against them of being taciturn during the recess. No one can say that there is any shirking of questions here, nor any shrinking from the avowal of opinions relative to important public questims. In reminding his bearers of the time that had elapsed since he last addressed them, Mr LAYARD took occasion to illus trate his meaning by one of those anecdotes w hich are so rife with travellers, and which, telling of distant lands and peculiar races, never fail to im• part interest to the details and descriptions of speakers. At an entertainment given by a Rajah, it was found that at certain times a person came in and uttered something. It turned out that he said ,‘ an hour had pmsed, and he hoped the Rajah had made good use of it, and would also make good use of the time which was to come." There is eonae thing' very suggestive in the circumstance that a year rlas elapsed since a particular duty wa s per . formed, and in the instance of a member addressing his constituents the mos t volatile s h ou l d be grave for a period, and the most unreflective think . However lightly the burden may sit on some at times, it must press heavily, and the feelings o f those are not to be envied who persist in putting off the evil day of reckoning till a more convenient opportunity. "Be wise today, 'tis madness to defer," may well be said of them in the perverse and capricious mood. In his remarks aboßt Den mark Mr LAYARD took upon himself the task of defending Lord RUSSELL, This somewhat nu• gracious work was not very successfully done, as might have been expected. He deplored that so many had spoken in disparaging terms of one who had rendered such signal services to the cause of civil and religions liberty. This is a most lame and impotent conclusion, and does not apply to the subject in at all the manner in which Mr LAYARD meant. On the contrary, the more the noble lord has done in a good cause the more he is to blame for falling so short of the requirements of his position at present, and neglecting the duties en tailed upon him by the exigencies of the momentous occasions referred to. The hon. member is not cer tainly one of those who fail in consequence of under estimating their abilities, for he considers that his speech on the Danish debate " disposed pretty completely of all the accusations against Earl RUSSELL." This may be news to some and matter of cavil for others to consider. In perusing a speech of this kind we are led to regret that one of such varied acquirements should expend his powers in the unwelcome task of defending a line of action contrary to the spirit of the age, the opinion of the country, and the recognised senti ments which animate the policy of great nations. In defending the course pursued in China, the hon. member was more successful, and he plainly showed that the decided measures adopted had produced satisfactory results. How different is the whole tone of this passage to those which refer to the un fortunate Dano-German passage-at.arms ; and may we not suppose that in this moving recital we meet with the honest feelings of the man, bursting through the trammels of official life, and leaving far behind the influence and incitements that too often prevail in such oases and mar the fruition of many previous years of toil devoted to the service of the country ? As many other speakers have said before him, Mr. LAYARD called America the " black spot" in the political horizon. The hon. member spite in a becoming manner as to the horror that existed in this country with regard to the war, and expressed his indignation at those who affirmed that there was a section of the com munity that wished it to be carried on to extermi nation. Certainly, Mr. CoBDEN did expatiate upon his " sublime spectacle," but he did not carry the sympathies of his audience with him; or, if some infatuated individuals were led away by the spe cious sophistry, they will soon find out their error. It is astonishing how people can deceive them selves when they get an idea into their heads, and this is the only way to account for a man of Mr. COBDEN'S perspicuity uttering such discrepancies in this harangue. Allowing for the sake of argu ment that carrying on the war would put down slavery, that would not sanction the horrors and brutalities of the Federal proceedings. A higher and holier authority than that of man has forbidden evil to be done that good may come of it, and it would be well if some of the wise and learned would leave these maxims alone for awhile and seek knowledge from that source of truth in the light of which infants and sages are equal. All who desire the well-being of the great country referred to, and the honour and interests of humanity, will cordially concur in the sentiments expressed by Mr LAYARD that " Englishmen wished to see an end of this war, than which history did not record anything more terrible." Mr. LAYARD dwelt at some length on the state of our commercial affairs, and affirmed that much was due to COBDEN and BRIGHT for their services in the cause of free trade. This is, doubt less, true, but they would have deserved much more of their country if they exhibited more of the com prehensive spirit befitting a great nation. In their way the heroes of the Manchester school are quite as exclusive as any of the aristocrats whom they sneer at and scorn, and in their position such an error is tenfold more pernicious in its consequences and blameable in its practice than in the other, be cause they make professions which they do not carry oat, and utter sentiments that are not sub stantiated by their conduct. Very true was the observation made by Mr LAYARD as to the dan ger of trusting too much to the prospects of peace foreshadowed by our flourishing commerce, for such hopes might prove delusive and unstable in their foundations. "If the time had come fur the lamb to lie down with the lion, then, indeed, England might do without fleets and armies, and without incurring the expense of maintaining those armies ; but that time had, however, not arrived." All must regret, however, that the balance of power as at present constituted does not fulfil the character given to it by the hon. member for Southwark ; it is a theory and not a practice, if its object is to prevent a strong State from despoiling a weak. There can be no doubt that it was one of the wisest measures ever devised by Statesmen to inaugurate such a consummation, but how far has the per formance fallen short of the promise. In his zeal to defend the Government from the charges brought against them both on foreign and domestic grounds, Mr LAYARD rather forgot consistency, ' for he first exulted in the triumphant majority in the debate on Denmark, which proved that ' Con. servative reaction only existed in the imaginations of some of the Conservatives, and then fell foul of the very assembly whose praises he had been sounding by declaring that " this was a reactionary Parliament beyond all previous Parliaments. , When we remember the universal support which it has accorded to the Government in their un worthy attacks on the Conservative Reform Bill, their unwillingness and inaptitude to introduce another and a better for themselves, their shameful abandonment of a weak ally to please an unworthy and ruthless Power, and their lowering the influ ence of England before the nations of Europe, we are tempted to take Mr LAYARD'S consolation to heart, and to rejoice that this House of Commons has only another year to live. It is a matter of irremediable regret, however, to consider that its faults will survive in their fatal effects and injuri ous influences to this country and others for many a long day to come. At length the mystery is disclosed, and the route taken by General SHERMAN is stated both by North and South. It seems that his ultimate destination is Augusta, the capital of South Carolina, which lies just between the borders of that State and Georgia. On his way to Augusta, however, he is aiming at Macon, and Richmond papers of the 22d ult. re port him to be within eighteen miles of that city. It is garrisoned by militia, and not strongly fortified, according to some accounts, while other statements declare it to be strongly entrenched. All Southern versions agree in asserting that it will be defended to the last, and Break hopefully of its safety. Reckoning, apparently, upon almost uninterrupted conquest, SHERMAN is said to have arranged to march direct to Macon, bad then to divide his army, sending one half to Augusta and the rest to Savan nah. Augusta once captured will be fortified, and as he will receive supplies up the Savannah he will n t h e i sa b le t p n e n n dos v , e h m e i w t e o 7e C r h , arleston or Columbia, All on the issue of the first pitched battl e, and when we read the self-com placent programme a fir r s n t e we shall do well to rememb er step as yet to b e t a k en , an d th a t t l h i a a t co e zn for all we kn ow to the contrary, may be the hands of the Cottfederates SHERMAN.S army is said t o consist of about 5 . 0,000 men, of whom 8,000 are cavalry, and be has thirty days' rations—but other versions state that he has ordered hie troope to raise their pro ; 6,0115 from the country they are passing through, and that his flirks extend many miles in their foraging. The same barbarous system of devastation and destruc tion which has disgraced the Northern arms in other quarters—especially the Shenandoah—is, it seems, to be followed. All property in Macon and Milledgeville is to be destroyed, in cluding the State capital in which the Geor gian Legislature is now sitting. Some mem bers of this assembly have already fallen into SHERMAN'S hands. The Georgian State Road from Atlanta to Carrington, a distance of 40 miles, has been destroyed ; and among the establishments ( specially marked for demolition are the Confede rate arsenal and the largest powder mills soul). The Confederates have therefore something to fight for, and as usual they appear to be on the alert. It is re ported that the Georgian Mi*.itia has already inflicted temporary discomfiture on the invader, and forced him to fall-back a few miles. These, however, can of course oppose no lasting barrier to his progress; but Be,auregard's army is said to be hurrying by forced marches to intercept SHERMAN. In that case the Northern General will find an ad versary who will not be very easily disposed of. General LEE too will, no doubt, press troops from all quarters to anticipate his arrival, and instead of taking the easy possession which he seems to count upon, General SHERMAN may find very serious ob• stacles in his way. The railways on which he is depending may possibly be broken up; and expe rience has proved that cities fortified by General BEAUREGARD'S engineering skill offsr no very facile conquests. The people are watching with great excitement for the result. Meanwhile in Tennessee the Confederates have achieved a decided success, having captured an entire train of Federal stores near Morristown. The latest eccounts report HOOD to be marching on Pulasky in the same State, pre= paratory to commencing operations in Tennessee and Kentucky. SHERIDAN is said to be retreating and reinforcing GRANT, who is expected to make another attack upon Richmond. LEes forces have also been recruited from Virginia and North Caro lina, so that neither army as yet shows signs of that exhaustion which Mr. SEWARD tells us is to be the end of the war. It is denied that President LIN,. COLN will make any conciliatory advances towards the South, but he does not seem very anxious to let the world know what his real plans are, for we are told he will announce his policy in his Message to Congress—no very great favour, seeing that such is the usual custom, and that some months' delay is thus secured to him. Perhaps he is unwilling to commit himself to any decided course until he shall learn the result of SHERMAN'S movement, but he can hardly doubt the tendency of the public mind- Expectation will be on the qui vivo in Europe as in America till SHERMAN'S exploit shall have ended either in a decided gain for the Federal cause, or a complete discomfiture of his army. In the course of the past week several Volunteer meetings have been held, most of them in connec tion with the agreeable duty of distributing the 'prizes to the successful competitors of' the recent rifle matches. The usual features of such assemblies were repeated. There were the exchanges of com pliments, the fashionable spectators, the tasteful decorations, and the handsome array of prizes. The latter were in most instances very well worth a survey, and proved from their number and value as warm and constant an interest taken in the movement. The prizes distributed by Lady POL LOCK to the East Surrey Rifles exceeded in value £4OO. The Challenge Cup of the North Middlesex was also a prize worth well winning, white singu. larly enough the most attractive of the rewards won by the members of the Fourth Tower Hamlets Corps was a handsome mirror, won by a non-com missioned officer, who regarded the reflection of his soldierly visage with great complacency. The principal interest associated with these meetings was, however, the presence of Colonel M‘Mußpo, who will so soon retire from the post he has filled with so much skill and judgment. As the gallant Colonel explained to the North Middlesex Corps, he is simply retiring in conformity with the routine of militia regulations. As Inspector-General of Volunteers he has discharged somewhat difficult and delicate duties to general satisfaction, and has shown himself throughout a firm and consistem friend to the Volunteer movement, Colonel Nl'Mußpo, in addressing one of the meetings, observed, that the high position now attained by the Volunteer force was mainly due to the support, moral and material, which it had received from the public. This is undoubtedly true, but for it to obtain and to secure that support it was necessary for the public not only to approve of the principle upon which it was founded, but to be satisfied with the practical manner in which that principle was applied. Had the Volunteers themselves proved indifferent or incompetent, had they proved turbu lent or disorderly or neglectful of their self.imposed dutiee, public sympathy would have cooled down. But while great credit is due to the body of the Volunteers, some share of it must be apportioned to those who from their power could influence very largely the fortunes of the movement. The Volun teers have for the most part been very happy i❑ these relations, and in none more so than in the appointment of Colonel M'MIRDo as their Inspec tor-General. The unanimous e pression of regret for his approaching retirement from the members of the different corps must have been very gratify. ing to the gallant Colonel, as affording indisputable testimony of the kind and courteous manner in which he has filled an office, whose duties no one denies that he has scrupulously and vigorously performed. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-HALL.- Handel's Judas Macoabeus' is announced for Friday nest, the 9th inst. Madame Sherrington, Miss Banks, Madame Sainton-Dolby, Mr Sims Reeves, Mr M. Smith, and Mr Weiss, principal singers, The 331 Christmas performances of "Messiah" on Fridays the 19th and 23d inst. IRON IN ELBA.—The island is as full of it as the " Parya Mountains" in Anglesea was of copper. A good deal of it occurs in the form of sand like that on the beach of Taranaki, the richness of which helped to make the unhappy New Plymouth people so eager to keep their allotments. Now, how is the iron worked Why, very inefficiently. Most of the mines are mere surface scratch ings. In many places nothing else is needed. At Rio Marina, for instance, where you land from the Tuscan Piorabino, the very mud is black and metallic, and the sea is for a great distance coloured dark red by the waters of the little stream which comes down from the "iron hills." The mo de of bringin g d own t h e ore i s pr i mitive enough. You see a long string of donkeys carrying it in their panniers. Gangs of porters aro then employed to haul it (still in baskets) on shipboard. The wheelbarrow is an unknown institution. Possibly the Elbans have the saute prejudice against it which the Scotchman at Oporto found the Portugu , ,se bad. When ho bad imported a bar row at considerable cost hid gardener at once gave warning, indignantly asking " Would you set a man to do the work of a beast ?" Mechanical sc!ence is at a low ebb in Elba. There is not a crane in the whole island, nor a slide up which loaded waggons might, as they come down, pull up th.se which had been emptied at the bottom. When something of this kind, with tramway to match, was proposed to Grand Duke Leopold, " It's very clever, but what is to be done with all my donkeys ?" he replied. Still, iu spite of the Grand Duke, the quantity of iron exported has greatly increased— from some 15,000 tons a year to an average of 56,000 tons, between 1851 and 1861. The year ending last June gave a total of 100,000 tons, At present no more can bo exported with roads and means of shipment so imperfect as they are, and an open roadstead instead of a safe harbour. But the demand must go on increasing rapidly, and the supply is limited. M. Simonin compares it to the guano in the Chin • eha Isles, which in the same way is concentrated in a small space; but in the guano isles the wealth is oaly on the sur face—in Elba the deposits of ore are so thick that they can supply a million tone a year tor 2,000 years without being exhausted,— Dickens's All the Year Round. rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS, The following telegram has been received at Mr Renter's office, from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company MARSEILLES, DEC 5. The ;Syria, with the above mails, reached Mar'. seilles, at 7.30 a.m. to-day. The mails leave for London at 11.30 a.m. FRANCE. PARIS, DEC. 5. The Paris papers publish a telegram from Messina, according to which the whole province of Afghanistan was in full insurrection. A battle had taken place between the Russians and the Khan of Kokand, who was said to have lost QOOO men. BOURSE, Dec. 3.—The market continues firm, and a good amount of business has been done at a further improvement. Threes for the Account, are now at 65f 950. Mobilier at 992 f 50c. The Rail way Market has been also buoyant, and most of the lines are rather higher. The market closed as follows : 41 per Cents. .. 93 Italian Loan 65 30 Do. mut month.... Do. end month 63 50 3 per Cents Do. end mouth 65 70 New Mexican .... 51 Credit Mobilier 9OB 7 5 Russian Do. end month.... 911 25 Austrian Bank Shares 3490 Spanish Threes.... 45/ Credit k oncier 1235 Rome Debt Roman RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans ....... ,•••a•••• 855 855 Northern .... Lyons and Mediterranean 870 872 50 Southern Western Eastern .... .. 482 50 .. 481 25 Sardinian .. 310 308 75 Austrian Lomb:ad North of Spain Saragossa 426 25 .. 422 50 Ditto to Barcelona PRUSSIA AND THE DIET. A letter from Berlin, dated 2d inst., says : " It is on Monday, the sth, that the Frankfort Diet will hold a sitting to pronounce a final judga ment upon the Austro-Prussian proposition concern ing the evacuation of the Duchies by the Federal troops. Should the Diet, as is expected, declare the Execution at an end, Saxony herself will imme diately recall her troops and her civil commissary. " M. de Savigny, the Prussian representative to the Diet, made use of an argument in yesterday's sitting quite of a novel nature to urge the Diet to adopt a resolution concerning the Austro-Prussian proposal. M. de Savigny said that as long as the Federal troops should not have left the Duchies Prussia was • resolved to set aside all deliberations upon the question of succession. " The Prussian representative, however, modified the observation that the claimants to succession in the Duchies should be allowed to assert their claims. Nevertheless, it would be an error to suppose that in the opinion of the Cabinet of Berlin those claimants would be allowed to justify their claims before the Diet. "M. de Bismark is of the opinion (and it ap pears is shared by Austria) that it appertained to the Governments of Austria and of Prussia, first, to form a judgment as to the rights of the claimants, and to designate to the Diet that one whose claims seem best founded. It need scarcely be said that Prussia will look upon the claims of that candidate best founded who will make the largest concessions to her. "It is clear, in ttis point of view, that the Diet cannot exercise anything but a secondary influence in the settlement of the question of succession. "It appears that in yesterday's sitting of the Diet Hanover declared that she had already taken steps for the withdrawal of her troops from Holstein. rho cvacultion will probably be completed by the 6th December." AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Saturday Evening. The Cunard Royal Mail steamer Africa, from Boston November 23, and Halifax the 25th, has arrived. In the Confederate Senate, Senator Henry, of Tennessee, introduced a long series of joint resolu tions very defiant in tone, but saying that " this Congress does not hesitate to aver its sincere desire for peace, and to that end proclaims to the world the readiness of the Government of the Confederate States establish a permanent and dh t n o n o nn p r e a n nbleegpotsiaantsionbsettoween the Confederate States and the United States upon the basis of the separate independence of the former." Theerm p n ay s er m s The enly Washington speculations as to Sh movements. still ve m e e o n n t s t contain . a corre spondent of the New York 7imeB say s it i s ' no t now contraband to state that it is known that General Sherman will touch at Macon. He has five corps of veteran infantry—the 14th and 20th of the Army of the Cumberland, and the 15th, 16th, and 17th of t le Army of the Tennessee, cons i stin g in all of over 50,000 men. He has 9,000 picked cavalry, under Kilpatrick, and has 30 day,' rations for man and beast. He goes finely Equipped in every particular. His scout system and courier line are so complete as to guard against the possibility even of a failure, and the country through which he will pass is described to have a sandy soil, which will absorb the heaviest rain shower in a fe w h ours. There i s an abundance of everything for the . consumption of the army along the alleged route, which is thus laid out : "On arriving at Macon General Sherman will , where he will divide it to S avanna h an d a probably h i s sending to o i o N g l i a l 1 e part dg e v l of le part to Augusta. He will fortify the latter place, and after receiving supplies up the Savannah River he will be able to move on Columbia or Charleston. The programme, if carried out successfully, com pletely demolishes the railroad system of the State of Georgia. The Western and Atlantic, running from Chattanooga:to Atlanta, 138 miles, is almost totally destroyed. It will take a year to rebuild it, with no inconvenience in obtaining iron. The Georgia Railroad (a State institution, as is also the , and to w hi c h t h e Confede rNalreeystiesrnindaenbdteAdtlanmatniyc millions of dollars), running from Atlanta to Augusta, 171 miles, is destroyed from Atlanta to Covington, 41 miles, The occupa tion of Augusta will add to its destruction. The Macon and Western Railroad, running from Atlanta to Macon, 103 miles, is entirely destroyed. The Georgia Central Railroad, running from Macon to Savannah, is 191 miles, and this will no doubt receive Sherman' s attention in a few days. From Augusta to Charleston is 137 miles. From Augusta to Columbia, South Carolina, it is 141 by rail. Mostly all the manufactories for shot, shell, fixed ammunition, and cannon are at Macon, Augusta, and Columbia. Half th e powder the rebels u se is made near A ugusta. If Beauregard attempts to intercept Sherman or follow him he must send his entire army with all its paraphernalia by rail from Corinth to Meridian. It must then march from Meridian to Montgom er y, a distance of about 200 mike, with only a short piece of railroad, with no means of transportation, running from Uniontown to Selma. By the time Beauregard reaches Macon Sherman would be out of his reach. Thomas is watchi ng hi m, an d i s b e i n g heavily re inforced (with new troops), In a week from now Thomas's army will have 55,000 men, besides A. J. Smith, who is co - operating with an army of obser vation," A Washington thsp i t c h o f the 2d " Nearly two weeks have elapsed since direct. I_l4. says : information has been received from Gen. Sherman himself—the Government has no intelligence of his recent movements later than that contained in the Richmond papers of Friday, General Sherman at least a month ago informed the proper authority at Washington of his plans, which, judging by rebel accounts, have thus far been carried into efftet with bright promise of success throughout his campaign." The Nashville correspondent of the Chicago Tribune says the Louisville Journal lato disclosed pretty much all (it has announced Sherman's de• parture for Savannah, &c.), and therefore feels at liberty to tell what he knows. That is, that Sher man is moving through Georgia for either Sa• vannah, Charleston, or Beaufort, with fifty or sixty thousand troops, in two columns. He has 8,000 cavalry and 125 pieces of artillery. One column is to go by way of Macon and the other direct to Augusta, where both will meet. The writer thinks Beaufort the objective point of the movemeht for the annexed reasons "1. Savannah, cat off from all communications, would be valueless to the rebels, and the same rea sons which render Mobile unimportant now will render it so with all its railroads cut off. 2. Charleston can be cut off by moving down the rail road to Branchville, 20 or 30 miles to the west, and it is highly probable that will be Shernaln's line of march. 3. Beaufort is already in our possession. We have an abundance of shipping and supplies there, and our men will need the latter after their long march, and therefore it is highly probable that Beaufort will be the new base of General Sherman." There is abundance of corn and sweet potatoes in the country through which Sherman will pass, while he takes with him " any amount of hard tack" and several thousand cattle. His men will live better than when in camp. The Richmond Dispatch of November 18 has the following in re gard to the matter " The only official information received by the press yesterday was that Sherman had destroyed the North-Western and Atlantic Railroad from At lanta to Allatoona, the Chattahoochee-bridge in cluded. This movement is difficult to understand, except as explained by unofficial reports that were in circulation during yesterday. If they be true the destruction of the railroad can be understood, though it will appear a superfluous labour, Reports had it that Sherman, having burnt Atlanta on the 15th (last Tuesday), had set out for Macon, with three corps, amounting to 30,000 men, and that he had yesterday reached Jonesborough, twenty two miles south of Atlanta . . If there is truth in these accounts, as we believe there is, Wheeler has much to answer for. It devolved upon him to watch Sherman and keep posted as to his move ments. Only Lir days ago he reported him mov ing toward Bridgeport.' Now, it is said, he reports him moving towards Macon, as above stated. We regret to say that this latter report is corroborated by other evidence. Sherman will, we think, meet with opposition he does not calculate upon before he reaches the fortifications of Macon. These works, should he ever reach them, he will find of most for midable character, and, with troops that before that time will be collected in them, they must give him a vast deal mere trouble than he evidently counts upon. If Georgians will battle for their trenches as the Petersburg militia did last Juno for theirs, or the Richmond militia did at Stanton River bridge, later in th 3 summer, Macon will be saved. In undertaking this expedition Sherman is too prudent a man to rely upon subsisting his army on the country, and it becomes interesting and im portant to consider what point he calculates upon making his base of supplier , . his destruction of the railroad north-west of Atlanta proves that he .has cut loose from the Chattanooga base ; he must, then, be looking to some point on the Atlantic or the Gulf. We are disposed, for several reason, to believe that Pensacola is the selected point. This is not because of its greater proximity than any other post to his present field of operations, but because it is ascer tained that for more than a month very large sup plies have been accumulated here. If he fails to take Macon at the first dash, he will probably run for Pensacola, and make it his new base of operations. It is not to be presumed that he carries with him supplies sufficient to enable him to enter upon a siege which shall occupy a con siderable length of time. We have ventured the opinion that Sherman had Pensacola in view as a new base of supplies, but it is proper to say there are reasons why he might select some point on the Atlantic as being nearer at hand. Savannah, for instance, offers advantages did its approach not involve the certainty of a great deal of heavy fighting. We look with intense interest to full and authentic news from Georgia." The Richmond Sentinel regards the theory of several of the Northern papers that Sherman has started for Savannah as the true programme, al though ho may go to Montgomery and Mobile, in view of which it remarks : "Go which way he will he has a long road before him, and it will be our fault if it prove not a rough one. Will Beauregard turn and pursue Sherman, or will he prosecute his own campaign ? One is moving North, the other South; his pur poses are necessarily secret. Nor are we in pos. session of information for an opinion as to the best policy. It is to be hoped that the people of the States through which Sherman proposes to march will fling themselves upon him with a courage that shall do them honour. There is a capital difference between his situation and that of Hood. He is in an enemy's country, while Hood is among friends. No sacrifice of prepay, no activity of opposition, must be counted now, or considered excessive. rear down bridges, block roads, remove or destroy supplies, cut off foragers, fight at every pass. If Sherman should be able to accomplish such a journey as that he proposes, foraging as he goes, it will be a proof that he was not becomingly re sisted. Oa the whole, the situation of affairs East and South is extremely interesting, and important events hasten to their accomplishment." A' letter in the Tribune, dated Rome, Georgia, Nov. 10, the day on which that place was partially destroyed by order of Gen. Corse, says that, owing to a want of railroad conveyance, nearly a million dollars' worth of property was destroyed which could not be removed, including a few thousand dollars' worth of condemned and unserviceable Government stores. The writer says : "Nine rebel guns captured at Rome by our troops were burst, it being deemed unsafe to use them. Oae thousand bales of fine cotton, two flour mills, two rolling mills, two tanneries, one saw mill, an extensive foundry, several machine shops, together with the railroad depots and storehouses, four pon toon bridges built by Gen. Corse's pioneer corps for use on the Coosa and Etowah rivers, and a sub• stantial trestle bridge nearly completed for use, were destroyed. This trestle was constructed by the engineer Corps, Lncl would have cost 50,000 dole. North. Recollecting the gross outrages per. petrated upon Colonel Streight by the Romans,' our troops, as soon as they learnt that the town was to be abandoned and a portion of it burnt, resolved to lay Rome in ashes in revenge for insults offered to our prisoners. General Corse, however, had taken the precaution to station guards through all parts of the city, with orders to shoot down the first man caught in firing a building without proper'au• thority. Stringent orders were also issued to arrest all citizms or suspicious persons found in the streets after the conflagration commenced. The roaring of the flames as they leaped from window to win dow, their savage fire darting high up into the heavens and then licking the sides of the buildings, presented an awful but grand spectacle." Washington advices of the 21st contain rumours of the evacuation of Petersburg. They are as fol low:-- " Information from the army of the Potomac, dated yesterday, say a good deal of firing was heard on Saturday in front of Petersburg on the Appo mottos, but as far as heard from without important results. Deserters report that the rebel troops on the James have all been withdrawn, with the excep tion of a skirmish line and enough to man the guns in the forts. Up to yesterday morning there had been almost continuous rain for 36 hours. Rumourk. had reached the army that the enemy were eva cuating Petersburg, but they were not generally believed." The Richmond Dispatch of the 18th thus specu latee on military affairs in the Old Dominion:— " There is a general impression, gathered chiefly from hints dropped by the Yankee press, that Grant is preparing for a final grand movement of the campaign in Virginia, which, it is confidently hoped by the Yankee people, is to end we war, by taking Richmond. Constant and repeated failure seeming to have no effect upon him, we know of no reason why he should not make another attempt to dislodge eur army. Ae Butler's canal is not finished an attack on our centre is hardly to be thought of, and his next attack will probably be, to some ex tent, a repetition of his last, except it will, we think, be the last reversed, with its heaviest columns on the north side. His experience on the south side should satisfy him there is nothing to be hoped from an advance in that quarter. He may argue that if he could throw two corps on the burg and Nine-mile roads at points essayed by the 18th Corps on the 27th ultimo he might effect a lodgment. It is said he is already mustering his forces for the fray, and deserters report that he has been reinforced by a portion of Sheli , lan's com mand from the Valley. But this we sball not im plicitly credit until it comes to as through some less questionable channel. From Petersburg we have nothing of interest. The Yankees continue their raids and depredations into Surrey and neigh bouring counties, and are treating, the inhabitants with unusual barbarity, the raiders being mostly uegroes. Passengers by last night's train say that nothing special has been heard from Early at Staun ton for two days past ; but it is supposed that he is driving on towards the Potomac. Our cavalry had been 'within a very short distance of Harper's Ferry, and made some captures of men end horses. Sheridan has, without doubt, sent away a portion of his forces, and they have, it is said, arrived at City Point. This information comes from deserters as well as from our own scouts. Another informant says some of them have been put into Fort Harri son. There is evidently a great scheme on foot, and the Yankees are determined to spare no efforts to render it successful." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGEMCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 22. Stocks higher. Chicr.go and Rock Island Railroad, 1051; Cumberland Coal Company, preferred, 47i ; Illinois Central Railroad Scrip, 12X1 ; Michigan Southern Rail road, 721; New Yo,k Central Railroad, 12 i± ; Reading Railroad, 138; Hudson Railroad, 1201 ; Canton Coal Com pany, 23}; Eric Railroad, Ha ; Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, 116. The Inspiration of Holy Writ, A remarkable paper was recently read before the Academia by the Right Rev. Monsignore Manning —a paper in which the learned author descanted at considerable length, and with singular perspicuity, upon the views prevailing throughout Christendom since the dawn of Christianity in respect to the Bible as a Divine Revelation. During the course of his lecture or treatise, Dr. Manning argued that, while the Church has always taught and still teaches that all the matter of Holy Scripture is inspired, it has never formally adopted any one edition as being completely free from every error of transla tion or transcription. According to his startling way of putting it—one might almost be led to ima gine, he said, by the manner in which the authenti city of Scripture is discussed by many nowadays, that Holy Writ, as it now appears before us in the middle of this nineteenth Ohristian century, is actuslly line by line, word by word, syllable by syllable, point by point, the exact photographic fac simile of the biblical books as originally penned by their respective writers under Divine inspiration! In tesd of being—as they are—filtered down to us on the contrary through the hoods of countless copyists and translators, calligraphers and printers changed from one language into another, passing down from century to century, through a long succession of varied generations. In reference to whatever appears in the Scriptures to bs, in di. rect contradiction to correct science, or to chrc nologcal accuracy, Dr. Manning echoed frcm the utterances of St. Augustine in the Fourth Century, that wonderful comment articulated so far back by that Great Doctor of Christianity (yet a comment so strikingly applicable to to much of the petitions reasoning nowadays in this later half of the Nineteenth Century)—that the only thing to be said in regard to such passages is this, that either they were erroneously transcribed or erroneously translated—or (yet another thing) that there was some ignorance in the reader himself prevent& ing him from perceiving the exact meaning of the text, that is, of any such passage as might appear to be enigmatical in Holy Scripture. The thought of St. Augustine, as thus applied to the discussions of nowadays in regard to the authority and authenticity of Holy Writ, has about it, even for the most bewildered, its consolatiOn and its encouragement. It is of itself a clue through a labyrinth of difficulties. The Scottish Sabbath, (From the 45.cotsman.) The Free Church Presbytery met on Wednesday in the vestry of the Free Church of Kirkcaldy, Mr. Jameson, of Pathhead, moderator. Mr. Ballingall, of Kinghorn, read the report of the Committee on Sabbath Observance. The report called attention specially to the running of luggage-trains by the directors of the North British Railway on Sundays. Mr. Ballingall stated that he had conversed with the officials employed on the railway on Sundays, and all of them, without exception, considered it a griev ous hardship. Mr. Cooper, of Burntisland, said he could corroborate all that Mr. Ballingall had said. Mr. Douglass, of Kirkcaldy, said the voices of Pres• byterians throughout the country generally ought to go forth in this matter ; he said he considered this a question of far more importance than some people might ba dreaming of; he thought the doings of railway directors should be watched with great jealousy. It the railway companies were Lund converting their lines into machinery for catering to the wants of the profane and dissolute, and irri' gating the country with the scum of the community, then it was proper to remonstrate with the dirac• tors; and if remonstrance would not do they might have to rouse the country, and he did not think it would be difficult to rouse the country regarding this most important question. He said there was a section of the community opposed to the proper observance of the Lord's-day, and they knew of whom that section was composed ; if they could gather them together, the mass would be found to consist of infidels, of latitudinarians, and the black“ guardism of the country—that class of men who take for their ru'e of life the opinions of Paris and other Continental cities, instead of the doctrines of the Bible. He was glad, however, to know that the section composed of the parties he had mentioned was only a small minority, and the great heart of Scotland, he was happy to say, beat soundly on the question of Sabbath observance, R :away compa nies are not exempted from the binding obligations of the Fourth Commandment more than others, and these puny mortals, who hold their existence from that God who says, " Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy," are not at liberty to turn round and say, " We will do in this matter just as we like; we will take our own way in this Sabbath question." He said, moreover, that they must not forget the case of those engaged in this Sunday work, who were deliberately plundered of what was their own, robbed of their inalienable rights. They should urge these men to strike work. He was against strikes generally, but he would hail with joy the intelligence that all the officials of the North British Railway had combined not to do a stroke during the 24 hours of the Sabbath-day. Such men would meet with the sympathy of the whole com munity—he did not think the directors would dare to incur the public odium to which they would be exposed were they to discharge offl&als against whom they have no fault, only in the matter regard ing the service of their God. Mr Walker, of Dysart, said railway companies were now becoming a great power, and that power seemed to be put forth for the purpose of leavening the community with the belief that there was no harm in running trains on the Sabbath day. Ile thought that if the directors would pay no head to rerrionArance it would he perfectly legitimate to rouse the men to action re garding doing no work cn the Sabbath-day. The Presbytery agreed unan - monsly that the committee draw up a representation to the directors of the North British Railway Company against the run ning of luggage trains on the Lord's-day; and fur ther enjoin all the ministers within the bounds to direct the attention of their congregations to this subject on one or other of the Sabbath-days in December. Miss BRADDON will commence, in the January number of Temple Bar, a new story, entitled " Sir Jasper's Tenant," = , • _ ,s, HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dee. 3. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal Hig h ' nesses Princess Helena and Prince Leopold, daive out this morning, and visited the barracks of the Life Guards and Coldstream Guards in Windsor. Both regiments were formed up in their teepee- Live barrack yards, and received her I\ljesty Wit h a royal salute. The Queen went over some of the quarters is each barrack and the stables of the cavalry, and se/ a ride in the Riding school of the 2d Life Guard' Her INl , j2sty was attended by the Countess of Gainsborough, Lidy Augusta Stanley, Colonel the floe. Sir C. B. Phipps, Major-General F. 11. mour, and Lieut.-Colonel Du Piat. Her Majesty drove out again in the afternoon, accompanied by Princess Helena. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise went out driving. The Portuguese Minister (Count de Lavradio) arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with her Majesty in the evening. Deo. 4. The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in 'Waiting, attended divine service this morning in the Private Chapel. t !The Very Rev. the Dean of Canterbury ctn elated' His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended bY Major Elphinstone, arrived et the Castle yesterd a y The Earl of Clarendon also arrived. • The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDRINGHAM, 1)-te• 4 ' His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge with Colonel the Hon. J. Macdonald, left Sandring• ham on Friday afternoon, after paying a visit t° the Prince and Princess of Wales, leaving W °l ' verton by the 4.35 train for town. Oa Saturday his Royal Highness the Frit° of Wales went out wild fowl shooting on Wove t° ton Marshes. Colonel and Lady Emily Kingscote and Colonel the Hon. E. Hardinge have left Slndringham. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Hon. Mrs and Colonel BSI the Countess of Macclesfield, Lient.-General W. • linonye, Mbjor feesdale, Capt, Grey, Mr Herb er " Fisher, and Mr Holsznaan, attended Sandringhain Church this morning. The Rev. Robert Wil s°/1 Pearse, M.A,, incumbent of Gayswood, officiat ed and preached. VISIT OF HER MAJESTY TO ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WlNDSOR.—Yesterday afternoon b et Majesty, with her Royal Highness the Princess 1 - lelen!„ ° visited the Chapel Royal of St. George and - attended evening service, which commences at half-past four o'clock* The Queen and Princess drove down to the deanery, throng/ which they passed to the royal closet, near the altar, wh et : they remained till the close of the service. The prtife r ` were intoned by the Rev. E. Tapsfield, minor canon; the first lesson being read by the Rev. Mr Frewer and tu second by the Rev. Canon Anson. The 11/apt/feat an d Xrenc Dimittis were sung to Croft in A. The anthem' ....: very beautiful ono, was t a k en f rom th e 56th 1 - 137 (" Blessing and glory"), and sung to Bach's exquisite aill 9 ' e4 ,, by Messrs. Adams, Barnby, and Telly, assisted byr th choir ; Dr Elvey presided at the organ. The chapel, which was lighted with wax tapers, was densely crowded with large and fashionable congregation. At the conclusion ° s the service her Majesty returned to the Castle, P1 036it31; privately through the deanery. Her presence was Beare"' known to the majority of the congregation at the time. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridg e , / accompanied by Col. the Hon. James Macdonald, G" Thomas 11. Clifton, Col. Hon. 11. F. Keane, and React Admiral the Hon, James R. Drummond, C. 8., went 011- shooting on the covers at Coombe Wood, Surrey, °A Saturday. The sport was excellent. Within a few 1 1 ° 11t° the party killed above 400 head of game. His Excellency the Russian Ambassador an, the Baroness Brunnow entertained the following c ircle f t ' dinner yesterday evening at the Russi an E m bassy- 41i : Excellency the 'I urkish Ambassador and M a d am e Mu:W I !: andNii r, nis b t l e dlle. Musurus, his Excellency the Netherla nds his Excellency the Minister of the United Stalest his Excellency the Swedish Minister and Countess Wge llt : moister, his Excellency the Mexican Minister, Co W 'impffon, Count Kaluoky, M. de Falbe, Baron Beck F ri Chevalier Mezel, M. de Sabouroff, and M. de Berg. The Duke of Argyll arrived in town from Edi ll , burgh on Thursday night, The duchess and family are 10. residing in that city. The noble duke is likely to be do rained in town some days by official duties. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe hi t° returned to the Clarendon Hotel from Norfolk. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland b al , e , joined the distinguished party assembled at Chatsworth on a visit to the Duke of Devonshire. The Earl and Countess Spencer, Lord and Lady Charles Bruce, Viscountess Clifden, and Captain Serl ° 7; R,N., left St. Leonards on Saturday for Brighton. T.O earl and countess are expected in town for a day C r . 1 1 early in the week, but have made arrangements to still t t the 20th at Brighton, and then go to Althorpe gall Y" Christmas. The Earl and Countess of Hardwick° will Weil° a succession of visitors at Wimpole hall next week. The Earl of Carlisle is said to be in gre atly i lm ; proved health, The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland recently been on a visit to the noble earl on her way a°ptlt from Scotland. The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea and I.' ° i t C. Finch-Hatton, the Earl of Scarborough, and Vi!°°nll Maidstone have left the St. George's Hotel. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston will le a he town towards the close of the week for Broadlands. noble viscount and viscountess will receive a succession guests there (luting Christmas. • id Lord and Lady Carington have been entertain 0. a select party during the past week at Gayhurstr Ba o , h . The gentlemen, including Lord Colville, Lord 1 , ° 13 , 6 ,0, borough, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, Colonel C anfP' o o Rear-Admiral Drummond, &c., killed 1,200 head ill t days. Lord and Lady Elcho hove returned to town f t °: visiting the Earl and Countess of Albemarle at Quidtlegl/5 Hall, Norfolk. f , it GENERAL TODLEBEN.—We understand tilt' wag owieg to some misapprehension as to the lot Genera! de Todleben had not the honour of dining Wi til to d Majesty at Windsor. The Queen was pleased to cougl i t d that the Genef.al should be invited to the Royal table' to t Baron 13runnowreisaired to the Castle to present hi gh 0 0 the General did not matte his appearance. Next day . , 13 _, o f ever, he proceeded to Windsor, and had the honourr, being presented to the Queen by the Russian Millis° Army and Xavy Gazette. -AO DtATII OF THE COUNTESS OF BECTlv.''' w et have to announce the death of the Countess of 13°.(5,130,4 which took place yesterday morning at the fami l y reol‘L o s in Grafton-street, Berkeley-aquare. The Cuuatelo, fat had been in a very bad state since July last, had scene weeks given up by her physicians, was 'or clad and heiress of Mr W. Thompson, the opulent 6 holes man of London, and for many years M.P. for ISTe°t° land. a THE WORLD OF MAGIC.--The Wizar d of TAO North still continues Lis charm of success' 0 ,0 4 house on Saturday afternoon was crowood for Lk° 13 t . 0 31/ grand juvenile gilt distribution. On WidnesdaY Pe to t/0 Palace of Enchantment will be closed to give P-'nef.o Col annual ball in aid of the funds of the Royal DraraoLl_opg; lege. Professor Anderson will resume his e ntertain,7 o lo ote r as usual on Thursday, and repeat hie great g ift diatrw o on Saturday ,afternoon at three. He has also le pc o Christmas tree iu active construction, with nisgi ca voi seo tt for the holiday folks, at the St. James's Ha ll, Itcgen t o Piccadilly. T of HE BISHOP OF EXETER.-• — colt 11/) of contradict tho statement which appeared in the , tt a i ap ono of our contemporaries last weak that the i' sytto is I t, Exeter is about to resign his See. tits LordshiP*o e ta` his 87th year, finds his bodily strength unoig al t d, a nd Ce of visitation, but his mental powers are attia'P a _ i ir „ e o of continues to devote himself to the superiliten"!,l - 0l spiritual interests of his extensive diocesi; , Wo are atlthorise:o is energy and with untiring zeal.-2 /infs. Mn NVILLIAms, M.P.—Another old t o o Priv) hors tie combat, and never likely to enter the " be at. of —Mr William Williams, the member for Lala 00 6 co . fell from his horse in a fit, and, though be 11 6 ° 10 clogj, recovered, all hope of his perfect recove r y is :J m 1 ,19 / This is not the first nor the second attack tiitttile. and, of course, the force of such attacks aro /urn Illustrated Tim i ns+ 061 Der Mrs Francis L. Clayton, now in --- w itn j in the army at St Paul, Minnesota, as oje husband in 1861, and fought by his side till baw1,3,03/ the battle of Stone River. She was in 18 ge ed prisoner—three times wounded—in hand , hip, and g 3 and at her husband's death made known he wo llte u ot os general, and was discharged. After that 8 . 4 7, f sd l7 6. miles, from Lexington to Louisville, bareheaci.,e'..flooll footed, tracking her way in blood.--Xissouri.vri W e Pal favc Tele iish ' ; 4 dc, Io tube l' 4 thc eod cline Pr~ CeF B 111 Ittad 4 11 t i, 7i. qo 3 Per a ) Per hew ti " '' 3 • e w 2 D o 44, a 11.1 f ( , 4k e h ec ta nk L o 14 D , I ndi a D o ) D o D o Do 4 t o V b e i)„e tt °,fi( V, 12,01 Tt o f , 1 4 ti tl Betel